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But "When the president does it, that means it is not illegal": Trump thread LXXXVIII

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lionheart · 03/12/2018 22:47

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But "When the president does it, that means it is not illegal": Trump thread LXXXVIII
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Roussette · 07/12/2018 13:09

Yes, she's been named. God help the UN with a minor TV celeb at the helm

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Breaking: President Trump picks former ABC News correspondent and State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert as the next UN ambassador.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/12/2018 13:40

Revolving door

Kelly expected to resign soon, no longer on speaking terms with Trump

edition.cnn.com/2018/12/07/politics/john-kelly-chief-of-staff-donald-trump/index.html

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/12/2018 14:00

Zoe Tillman
‏*@ZoeTillman*
TGIF:

  • George Papadopoulos is leaving prison
  • James Comey is doing his House interview
  • Mueller's office is filing on Manafort's alleged plea deal breach (when? any time before midnight)
  • Mueller's office is filing a sentencing memo for Michael Cohen (judge wants it by 5pm)
OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/12/2018 14:14

He seems nervy

But "When the president does it, that means it is not illegal": Trump thread LXXXVIII
Gumpendorf · 07/12/2018 14:39

On the White House south lawn, President Trump just announced he will nominate Bill Barr as Attorney General and Heather Nauert as UN Ambassador. Confirmation hearings for both will be fascinating.

twitter.com/jeffzeleny/status/1071049718434881536

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/12/2018 14:47

Rex Tillerson makes rare public appearance in Houston

www.chron.com/business/article/Rex-Tillerson-13448868.php

Russia interfered with the 2016 U.S. elections, former Secretary of State and Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson said during a Thursday evening visit to Houston.

Making his first public appearance in nearly nine months, Tillerson spoke at a fundraiser for the MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he participated in a conversation with CBS News veteran Bob Schieffer.

When asked if he believes that Russia interfered in the presidential elections, Tillerson replied “there's no question” and that it was well-documented by intelligence agencies.

“What Russia wants to do is undermine our confidence and undermine the world’s confidence in us,” Tillerson said.

[...]"So often, the president would say here's what I want to do and here's how I want to do it and I would have to say to him, Mr. President I understand what you want to do but you can't do it that way. It violates the law," Tillerson said.

Gumpendorf · 07/12/2018 14:57

Iran Contra link repaired

archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/1224.html

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/12/2018 16:05

The Justice Department Still Hasn't Told The Federal Accountability Office That Jeff Sessions Quit

Federal law requires the vacancy and any acting appointment to be reported "immediately" to the Government Accountability Office. A month after the shakeup at the Department of Justice, the GAO hasn't been informed.

www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisgeidner/justice-department-sessions-whitaker-gao

AcrossthePond55 · 07/12/2018 16:06

He does seem a wee bit het up, doesn't he

Have you ever seen an angry chimp in a cage? Lots of angry nonsensical chattering and throwing of poo. Kinda like that.

(apologizes to all chimps for the comparison)

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/12/2018 17:33

Exclusive: Mueller investigators questioned John Kelly in obstruction probe

edition-m.cnn.com/2018/12/07/politics/robert-mueller-john-kelly-obstruction-investigation/index.html

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 07/12/2018 17:35

In the link to the housekeeper at www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/us/trump-bedminster-golf-undocumented-workers.html one thing jumped out, for me:

"That same year, she said, Mr. Trump had an outburst over some orange stains on the collar of his white golf shirt, which Ms. Diaz described as stubborn remnants of his makeup, which she had difficulty removing."

So now we know: that's definitely a fake tan.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/12/2018 18:57

Yashar Ali
@yashar
Congresswoman
@JackieSpeier
just told CNN’s
@brikeilarcnn
that she believes Don Jr. lied to Congress on two occasions.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/12/2018 19:15

Marshall Cohen
@MarshallCohen
NEWS from
@DanaBashCNN
: Giuliani says Mueller believes Manafort is lying about Trump.... for one, they think Manafort lied when he says Trump didn't know about the Trump Tower meeting with Russians. (How does Giuliani know? He talks to Manafort's lawyers.)

edition-m.cnn.com/2018/12/07/politics/giuliani-mueller-manafort-lying/index.html

Scott Stedman
@ScottMStedman
This is huge. Suggests the Manafort filing today will be about the President himself, not Manafort's work in Ukraine.

If Mueller believes Trump knew about the Trump Tower meeting then he has evidence. This would be big news.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/12/2018 19:54

Congress may have accidentally freed nearly all banks from the Volcker Rule

finance.yahoo.com/news/congress-may-accidentally-freed-nearly-banks-volcker-rule-174423119.html

A few double negatives buried in legislative text may have inadvertently freed nearly all U.S. banks from a regulation known as the Volcker Rule, which sought to curb risky behavior in response to the 2008 financial crisis.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/12/2018 20:09

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Mike Pompeo is doing a great job, I am very proud of him. His predecessor, Rex Tillerson, didn’t have the mental capacity needed. He was dumb as a rock and I couldn’t get rid of him fast enough. He was lazy as hell. Now it is a whole new ballgame, great spirit at State!

PerkingFaintly · 07/12/2018 20:54

Fox News attack dog Tucker Carlson turns on Trump: 'I don't think he's capable'
www.theguardian.com/media/2018/dec/07/tucker-carlson-fox-news-trump-interview-turns

“I don’t think he’s capable of sustained focus. I don’t think he understands the system. I don’t think the Congress is on his side. I don’t think his own agencies support him.”

While Trump has asked some questions that he thinks needed to be asked, such as: “Why don’t our borders work?” and “What’s the point of Nato?” Carlson said he has done nothing to follow through on them once they have been posed.

Why not? Because legislating is too complex for Trump to grasp.

In order to pass legislation, “you really have to understand how it works and you have to be very focused on getting it done, and he knows very little about the legislative process, hasn’t learned anything, and surrounded himself with people that can get it done, hasn’t done all the things you need to do so. It’s mostly his fault that he hasn’t achieved those things,” he said.

“I’m not in charge of Trump,” Carlson added, although considering the outsized role Fox News plays in setting Trump’s daily agenda that may be up for debate.

PerkingFaintly · 07/12/2018 21:00

Revealed: the hidden global network behind Tommy Robinson
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/07/tommy-robinson-global-support-brexit-march

The British far-right activist Tommy Robinson [Stephen Yaxley-Lennon] is receiving financial, political and moral support from a broad array of non-British groups and individuals, including US thinktanks, rightwing Australians and Russian trolls, a Guardian investigation has discovered.
[...]
His imprisonment on contempt of court charges prompted a vigorous international Twitter campaign, with 2.2m tweets being posted using the hashtag #freetommy between May and October.

An analysis conducted for the Guardian by the London-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue found that more than 40% of the tweets came from the US, 30% from the UK and other significant volumes from Canada, the Netherlands and nine other countries.

A separate study of about 600 Twitter accounts, believed to be directly tied to the Russian government or closely aligned with its propaganda, found significant numbers had tweeted prolifically in Robinson’s defence.

PerkingFaintly · 07/12/2018 21:06

And it will surprise absolutely no one familiar with these threads that one of the organisations amplifying Yaxley-Lennon's message (or maybe making it up for him) is funded by the Mercers.

A New York City-based thinktank, the Gatestone Institute, has published a succession of articles supporting Robinson’s cause.
[...]
Gatestone has received more than $2m in donations, including $250,000 from the Mercer Family Foundation, which is funded by Donald Trump’s top donor, Robert Mercer, and run by the billionaire’s daughter Rebekah.

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lionheart · 07/12/2018 21:34

He's certainly rattled.

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PerkingFaintly · 07/12/2018 21:51

How could 45 possibly know that Mueller will state there was collusion between Russia and the campaign, unless 45 already knows there was collusion?

And if 45 knows Mueller won't state there was collusion, why would 45 want to rebut Mueller's findings?

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/12/2018 22:02

Feds Recommend Substantial Sentence For Michael Cohen

Trump's former lawyer pleaded guilty last week to lying to Congress and has been cooperating with the special counsel.

m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/mueller-cohen-sentencing-trump-manafort_us_5c0acb0be4b0a606a9a88114